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You learn your lessons and stay vigilant, or you die

A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik

December 22, 2020 by Malin Leave a Comment

4.5 stars Official book description: A Deadly Education is set at Scholomance, a school for the magically gifted where failure means certain death (for real) — until one girl, El, begins to unlock its many secrets. There are no teachers, no holidays, and no friendships, save strategic ones. Survival is more important than any letter grade, for the school won’t allow its students to leave until they graduate… or die!    The rules are deceptively simple: Don’t walk the halls alone. And beware of the […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Mystery Tagged With: a deadly education, boarding school, cbr12, coming-of-age, friendship, magic, Malin, monsters, Naomi novik, paranormal fantasy, the scholomance

Malin's CBR12 Review No:84 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Mystery · Tags: a deadly education, boarding school, cbr12, coming-of-age, friendship, magic, Malin, monsters, Naomi novik, paranormal fantasy, the scholomance ·
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A whole lot of fighting happens

Battle Ground by Jim Butcher

December 21, 2020 by Malin 1 Comment

Spoiler warning! This is book 17 in a long, ongoing series. This really isn’t the place to start. In fact, this book doesn’t even work on its own, so don’t even think to read this review if you’re not caught up. Normally, I’d recommend that you start with book 1, but the first three books of The Dresden Files are pretty bad, so you’d be better off starting with book 4, Summer Knight. I highly recommend the audio books, narrated by James Marsters. They’re what finally sold […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: battle ground, cbr12, demons, faeries, Jim Butcher, magic, Malin, paranormal fantasy, Peace Talks/Battle Ground, shapeshifters, the Dresden Files, war, wizards

Malin's CBR12 Review No:83 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery · Tags: battle ground, cbr12, demons, faeries, Jim Butcher, magic, Malin, paranormal fantasy, Peace Talks/Battle Ground, shapeshifters, the Dresden Files, war, wizards ·
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Did not expect to love a book about zombies

World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks

December 21, 2020 by Malin 6 Comments

4.5 stars Official book description: The Zombie War came unthinkably close to eradicating humanity. Max Brooks, driven by the urgency of preserving the acid-etched first-hand experiences of the survivors from those apocalyptic years, traveled across the United States of America and throughout the world, from decimated cities that once teemed with upwards of thirty million souls to the most remote and inhospitable areas of the planet. He recorded the testimony of men, women, and sometimes children who came face-to-face with the living, or at least […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: #fantasy, #Science Fiction, cbr12, ensemble cast, horror, Malin, Max Brooks, World War Z, zombies

Malin's CBR12 Review No:82 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction, Suspense · Tags: #fantasy, #Science Fiction, cbr12, ensemble cast, horror, Malin, Max Brooks, World War Z, zombies ·
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Sometimes you have to open your eyes and jump

One and Only by Jenny Holiday

December 17, 2020 by Malin Leave a Comment

Official book description: With her bridezilla friend on a DIY project rampage, bridesmaid Jane Denning will do anything to escape – even if it means babysitting the groom’s troublemaker brother before the wedding. It should be a piece of cake, except the “cake” is a sarcastic former soldier who is 100% wicked hotness and absolutely off-limits.   Cameron MacKinnon is ready to let loose after returning from his deployment. But first he’ll have to sweet talk the ultra-responsible Jane into taking a walk on the […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Bridesmaids Behaving Badly, Canada, cbr12, Contemporary Romance, Jenny Holiday, Malin, One and Only, ptsd, wedding

Malin's CBR12 Review No:81 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Bridesmaids Behaving Badly, Canada, cbr12, Contemporary Romance, Jenny Holiday, Malin, One and Only, ptsd, wedding ·
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Not as good as her last one

The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel

December 10, 2020 by Malin Leave a Comment

Official book description: Vincent is a bartender at the Hotel Caiette, a five-star glass and cedar palace on an island in British Columbia. Jonathan Alkaitis works in finance and owns the hotel. When he passes Vincent his card with a tip, it’s the beginning of their life together. That same day, Vincent’s half-brother, Paul, scrawls a note on the windowed wall of the hotel: “Why don’t you swallow broken glass.” Leon Prevant, a shipping executive for a company called Neptune Logistics, sees the note from […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: #CannonballBookClub, cbr12, Emily St. John Mandel, literary fiction, Malin, The Glass Hotel

Malin's CBR12 Review No:80 · Genres: Book Club, Fiction, Mystery · Tags: #CannonballBookClub, cbr12, Emily St. John Mandel, literary fiction, Malin, The Glass Hotel ·
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Lady Charlotte Holmes investigates closer to home

Murder on Cold Street by Sherry Thomas

December 4, 2020 by Malin Leave a Comment

Spoiler warning! This is the fifth book in an ongoing series, and as such, this review may and probably will contain spoilers for earlier books. If you’re not caught up, go start at the beginning, with A Study in Scarlet Women.    Official book description: Inspector Treadles, Charlotte Holmes’s friend and collaborator, has been found locked in a room with two dead men, both of whom worked with his wife at the great manufacturing enterprise she has recently inherited.   Rumours fly. Had Inspector Treadles killed […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction, History, Mystery, Romance Tagged With: cbr12, historical fiction, Lady Sherlock, Malin, Murder on Cold Street, mystery, retelling, romantic, Sherlock Holmes, Sherry Thomas, Victorian

Malin's CBR12 Review No:79 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, History, Mystery, Romance · Tags: cbr12, historical fiction, Lady Sherlock, Malin, Murder on Cold Street, mystery, retelling, romantic, Sherlock Holmes, Sherry Thomas, Victorian ·
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